Today in Progressive Totalitarianism
19th September 2022
Sim NIMBY, the Game Where You Can’t Build Anything
In a first, European Union moves to cut Hungary funding over damaging democracy (Reuters) As if the E.U. were the model of democracy toward which all aspire.
Maybe the US is in a recession, but small businesses don’t know it (The Guardian) Except the ones being shafted by inflation and inability to find workers.
The Nation That Never Was review: a new American origin story, from the ashes of the old (The Guardian) Pushing the Narrative in the run-up to the mid-term elections.
Still the wrong way to pick judges (The Hill) Pretending that ideological screening is a Republican innovation.
Starbucks makes good on promise to close more stores as crime rages in New Orleans
Denver set to give 140 homeless people up to $12,000 in cash as part of ‘basic income’ program That’ll buy a lot of drugs.
NASDAQ Nancy holds up bills on congressional trading while the insider rot spreads What’s the use of having power if you can’t abuse it?
New Orleans Takes Over as Murder Capital of US
Newt Gingrich: ‘Civilization Breaks Down’ in Crime-Ridden Dem Cities
Kurtz Highlights Leftist Media Double Standard on Don Lemon Demotion
Suits to Save Confederate Icons Dropped in South Carolina
How mechanics keep 50-year-old BART trains running: Windows 98, eBay, and scraps
Organized Retail Crime Reaching “Crisis Scale”
Annals of Liberal Cluelessness, Martha’s Vineyard Edition
High School Defends Trans Teacher Who Wore Massive Fake Breasts To Class
Canary In The Tax-Mine? California Sees 11% Drop In Revenue
Meet the Democrat on a Six-Figure Income Who Can’t Afford To Buy Her Kids Shoes
Fetterman Voted To Free Murderer Who Hacked Innocent Man to Death With Garden Shears
The Paradox of Multiculturalist Globalism
Gaming Event for Cancer Charity Overshadowed by Woke Complaining
After Courts Force Jewish University to Host LGBTQ Campus Group, University Shuts Down All Clubs
Don Lemon Says His New Job As CNN’s Janitor Is Not A Demotion (Babylon Bee)
In Some States, Endangered Animals Enjoy More Protections Than Unborn Babies Of course. Endangered animals are scarce, whereas babies … not so much.
The Times’ Anti-Democratic “Democracy”
Success eludes New York’s plan to convert hotels into affordable housing (Politico)
Caving to Demands for Diversity, SNL Hires Funny Cast Member (Babylon Bee)
Blue State Blues: Customers are stealing shopping baskets instead of buying bags, N.J. supermarkets say